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Old 09-06-2003, 04:44 AM
 
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Default Why the fear of GM Crops?



Jim Webster wrote:

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Here are some differences that I could think in 5 minutes
the GM scenario would have a large number of crop varieties or even a

large
number of crops with several genes in common.


so what, all varieties of the same species have over 99% of the same genes
in common. They have to have virtually all of their genes in common or they
will not crossbreed which is a good rule of thumb definition of a species.
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99.999999% similarity might mean the differencen between a disesase resistant
wheat and one that is a total failure.
I think you should go back and study your genetics and pland breeding.